pouch
/paʊt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
noun
Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
noun
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
noun
A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
Example Sentences
- "[…]form a large Pouch or Cyst"
- "The beggar pouched the coin."
- "We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing."
- "And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]"
- "[…] but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are playing and killing your fish […]"
- "He pouched his mouth, and reared himself up and swelled; but answered me not."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French puche Old Northern French pouchebor. Middle English pouche English pouch From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
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Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.